The leaders of Scotland’s political parties including First Minister Nicola Sturgeon came together today to back positive action on climate change. They took part in a media photo-call, holding a large model of the planet earth to illustrate their commitment to do everything they can to create a healthy planet for future generations.

Farida Akhter, Bangladeshi economist and founder of one of the world’s biggest seed banks will speak about being a witness at the People’s Tribunal against Monsanto at the Hague this month. This will also be the launch of an exhibition of photos from India and Bangladesh that the stories of farmers who are fighting Monsanto to work out an alternative, more climate friendly model of farming.

Organised by Friends of the Earth Scotland, 'Working Together for a Fossil Free Scotland' is an opportunity for activists to come together, share plans about projects and campaigns, and get inspired to take fossil free action in their communities!

An independent UK watchdog has today (Tuesday 13 September) repeated its warning to the Scottish Government that more action is urgently needed in key sectors to ensure it meets targets set out in the Scottish Climate Change Act.

Responding to the publication of responses to the Scottish Government consultation to replace Air Passenger Duty (APD) [1] Tom Ballantine, Chair of Stop Climate Chaos Scotland said:

“This should be the final nail in the coffin for the Scottish Government’s proposals to cut Air Passenger Duty. With a majority of MSPs in the Scottish Parliament already against the policy, now the public consultation shows a majority against the policy too.